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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
September 7 - 11, 2005

(9) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

1 (Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB Age Group WC Wins:

1 (Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Awards

Team of the Year 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$127,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$133,000.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	15, Q2	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	30, Q52	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/17-19/2005	Finland Satellite	15, Q11	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/15-19/2004	Under 21 World Championships	16	5th	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/8/2005	Pool D	Arturo Flores / Ulises Ontiveros, Mexico (16)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 9/8/2005	Pool D	Bruno Schmidt / Vinícius de Almeida, Brazil (21)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 9/9/2005	Pool D	Adrian Gavira / Miguel de Amo, Spain (4)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:45
Fri, 9/9/2005	Winner 1	Marco Daalmeijer / Tim Oude Elferink, Netherlands (12)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:42
Sat, 9/10/2005	Winner 2	Tom Gotz / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (20, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-8	0:38
Sun, 9/11/2005	Semi-Finals	Tiago Santos / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:38
Sun, 9/11/2005	Gold Medal	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (22)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:39

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	$48,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	2	7	0	$68,500.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	0	$133,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	9	2	81.8 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	11	1	91.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$2,450.00	Total	Total	6	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$2,450.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	7-0	100.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	11-1	91.7%
2004-2005	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	7-0	100.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	11-1	91.7%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	12-0	100.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	9-1	90.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	8	19	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	17	6	0	0	0	0	12	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	40
Challenger	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Satellite	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	1
Total	1	0	32	8	19	23	0	0	25	30	1	0	0	0	2	0	93	81

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs lead the series against the field 9-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Santos/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
9/11/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Santos/Solberg	1	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
9/16/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	Sutter/Weingart	9	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:49
Lead the series against # 4 de Amo/Gavira, Spain 1-0
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Gavira/de Amo	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink, Netherlands 1-0
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink	12	25-23, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Flores/Ontiveros, Mexico 2-0
9/8/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Flores/Ontiveros	16	21-18, 21-18	0:35
9/18/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	Flores/Ontiveros	13	21-18, 21-10	0:29
Series tied with # 20, Q1 Gotz/Uhmann, Germany 1-1
9/10/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Gotz/Uhmann	20, Q1	21-16, 21-8	0:38
9/18/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Gotz/Uhmann	20, Q2	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 de Almeida/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
9/8/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Schmidt/de Almeida	21	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
9/11/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Plavins/Samoilovs	9	Henriquez/Villafane	22	21-15, 21-9	0:39